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The5ers vs Take Profit Trader: which prop firm is better?
As of October 30, 2026, The5ers leads Take Profit Trader by 2.8 points in the 2027 prop firm ranking: #3 internationally against #9. The gap comes mainly from the Trading conditions and Visibility pillars. Take Profit Trader does better on Payouts.
2027 edition · updated October 30, 2026 · next updates planned for December 2026 and January 2027 · International ranking · Ranking methodology · Prop firm directory
The criteria, side by side
| Criterion | The5ers | Take Profit Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 80.6 | 77.8 |
| International rank | #3 | #9 |
| $100,000 account | $249 | $460 |
| Trust · 30 % | 4.23/5 | 4.05/5 |
| 1. Regulator warningsscale | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| 2. Registered company and agescale | n/a | n/a |
| 3. Identity and contactscale | 5/5 | 3/5 |
| 4. Regulated execution partnerscale | 2/5 | 4/5 |
| 5. Honest marketingscale | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| 6. Secure websitescale | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| 7. Protected domain (SPF, DMARC, headers)scale | 4/5 | 3/5 |
| Payouts · 25 % | 2.65/5 | 4.53/5 |
| 8. Public payout proofscale | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| 9. Published processing timescale | 1/5 | 5/5 |
| 10. Payout frequency and first payoutscale | 3/5 | 5/5 |
| 11. Withdrawal terms and methodsscale | 1/5 | 3/5 |
| 12. Payout history and incidentsscale | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| Trader reviews · 20 % | 5.00/5 | 4.67/5 |
| 13. Trader rating (Trustpilot and Google)scale | 5/5 | 4/5 |
| 14. Number of reviewsscale | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| 15. Suspicious review warningscale | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| 16. 12-month trendscale | n/a | n/a |
| Trading conditions · 15 % | 4.23/5 | 1.95/5 |
| 17. Rule clarityscale | 2/5 | 3/5 |
| 18. Cost of a $100,000 accountscale | 5/5 | 1/5 |
| 19. Profit target relative to maximum lossscale | 4/5 | 1/5 |
| 20. Drawdown typescale | 5/5 | 1/5 |
| 21. Rules restricting how you tradescale | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| 22. What the trader keeps: split and feesscale | 3/5 | 1/5 |
| Visibility · 10 % | 4.64/5 | 3.18/5 |
| 23. Track recordscale | 5/5 | 4/5 |
| 24. Websites linking to itscale | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| 25. Press mentions, Wikipedia pagescale | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| 26. Audiencescale | 4/5 | 1/5 |
In green, the better of the two. “n/a”: not applicable. “Not verified”: data not found in public sources, counts as 1. The evidence and source for each score are on each firm's page. Prices change often: these are as of the reading date.
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